costume
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In 1980, she launched her own costume brand with her husband, called Genesis Mask Band.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
In his haunting comeback episode, a man in a "Daft Monk" Halloween costume - a play on music duo Daft Punk - appears to be accidentally killed over and over again by Springfield residents.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
“When I get into costume, I transform,” Monáe says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
It borrows medicine’s costume without the people and safeguards that make medicine work.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
Before dawn she rose, put on her royal costume, and packed up her feathered carpetbag.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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These days her Halloween costumes are often elaborate and prosthetic-heavy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
Harvir Dhillon, lead economist at the British Retail Consortium, said at this time of year "retailers will be competing hard" as they see "greater demand for sweets and chocolate, as well as decorations and costumes".
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
Retailers, farm attractions and scare parks say people are spending more on costumes, decorations and immersive experiences, helping to make October one of their busiest times of the year.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
The first costumes were made by dressmakers and couturiers, but a network of costume professionals would emerge, designers who realized that clothing in film had to be fascinating, energized—stories within the story.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
Like the lion on the poster and the glittering costumes that made everybody look beautiful.
From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt
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For this year’s Wondaween, a free 21+ costumed fan event, where the theme is Creature Carnival, Monáe says she expects to see people clad in everything from insect garb to Frankenstein.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
The Jive Bunny album covers and music videos featured a cartoon rabbit, with costumed actors also making promotional appearances as the character.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
The dancers, costumed in their Saturday evening black-and-white vintage best, added to the parading splendor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026
Like “Piazza,” the very basic production—designed by Liliana Duque Piñeiro—had a decorative back wall and some columns that were moved around by costumed figures for scene changes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
It’s strange standing outside at the top of the stairs, fully costumed, brightly lit, but with no visible audience to deliver my speech to.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
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“The scene works because the sound, set, lighting, costuming and choreography all have to work.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
From the soundtrack’s mix of pop hits and little-known, chic electronic tunes, to Patricia Field’s sumptuous couture costuming — not to mention the stellar performances, lovely direction and clever writing.
From Salon ● Jan. 4, 2026
Swift says the goal of the Eras tour was to "over-serve" in terms of the number of songs performed, the extravagance of the costuming, and the details of each set design.
From BBC ● Dec. 12, 2025
By “my company will change directions,” Whitten is referring to his sexuality, a personal struggle he details explicitly in a poetry collection called “Save Me,” self-published in 1983 while still on a break from costuming.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2025
But the costuming was only step one of several other strategic changes that Zhang Hemin and Huang Yan’s team would make.
From "Camp Panda" by Catherine Thimmesh
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